Hyperledger-enabled blockchain framework for secure data integration in midstream oil supply chains

Midstream operations in the oil supply chain involve transporting resources from suppliers to retailers, a process that requires continuous monitoring and tracking. The existing systems face significant challenges in integrating trade documentation data, such as taxes, value-added costs, and resource monitoring data, during transportation across port logistics. Managing and processing these integrated data streams remains challenging, leading to operational inefficiencies, high latencies, and increased costs. To address these challenges, a Hyperledger-enabled blockchain framework is proposed, which introduces data segmentation to resolve management issues, utilizing sidechains to store company-specific data. Summarized results from the sidechains are periodically committed to the main blockchain. The framework enhances security through consensus algorithms and ensures data integrity using cryptographic techniques. This framework guarantees that data transferred from sidechains to the main blockchain remains accurate and tamper-proof. This also ensures full back-traceability from drilling sites to end users. Simulation results show that the proposed system reduces the latency by 33%, increases throughput by 49%, and decreases Central Processing Unit (CPU) utilization by 49% compared to the baseline. These results demonstrate that the proposed framework enhances operational transparency, computational efficiency, and secure traceability in midstream oil logistics.